Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT)

(b. abt. 1714 , Acadia, Canada d. 23 December 1788 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) was born abt. 1714 in Acadia, Canada

Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) was the child of Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) and Anne LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vincent BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie BOURC (BOURG) (maternal) Jacques LEBLANC and Catherine HÉBERT

Jean Pierre was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean Pierre married Josephte Jeanne DUPUIS abt. 1744 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte Jeanne DUPUIS was born 25 August 1720 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia). Josephte Jeanne was the child of Germain DUPUIS and Marie GRANGER.

Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) died 23 December 1788 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT)

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Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) married

Josephte Jeanne DUPUIS-- Date: abt. 1744 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Josephte Jeanne DUPUIS was the child of Germain DUPUIS and Marie GRANGER

Children of Jean Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) and Josephte Jeanne DUPUIS:

Marguerite BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1745, , Acadia, Canada d. 4 November 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Alexis CHAINE (CHENET) 1767 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Eliasabeth BRAULT (b.abt. 1755, d. 15 November 1783, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Louis COURTEMANCHE 27 November 1775 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 Marriage of Child
Eliasabeth BRAULT married 27 November 1775, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Louis COURTEMANCHE

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.